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Walker Award

A senior majoring in business at Penn State DuBois, Jordan Eisman of Brockway is the recipient of the 2014 Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award. Across all of Penn State's University College campus locations, the Walker Award is considered one of the most prestigious honors. Eisman was recognized recently at both the Delta Mu Sigma Honors Convocation as well as the Student Government Association Banquet.

Penn State Beaver alumnus Justin Vorbach has been named admissions counselor at Penn State New Kensington. Vorbach graduated from Beaver in May with a baccalaureate degree in business. Vorbach is responsible for recruiting and counseling prospective students with the focus on traditional age students. In addition, he is adviser to the Lion Ambassadors, a student organization designed to provide interaction with the campus community, the University, and the public. Vorbach spent part of his senior year working as an intern in the Beaver Admissions Office and was highly regarded by the staff. 'Justin did a great job in quickly learning how the admissions process works, but his personality and his ability to put people at ease was very important, too,' said Dan Pinchot, Beaver's director of enrollment and one of Vorbach's internship supervisors. Vorbach was the 2011 recipient of the University's prestigious Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award which is given to one student at each Penn State campus who demonstrates outstanding character, scholarship, and leadership. Vorbach can be contacted at jav5121@psu.edu or 724-334-6018.

More than 150 students, family members, faculty, and staff attended the Penn State Beaver 43rd annual Spring Awards Banquet on campus. Beaver students were honored for their achievements during the 2010-11 academic year. Maria Corradi, a sophomore business administration major from Midland, received the University's highest student honor, the prestigious Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award, which recognizes a student's highest achievements in and out of the classroom at each Penn State campus. Dana Sklack, a senior communications major from Aliquippa, Pa., and a finalist for the Walker Award, was named Outstanding Student of the Year. A variety of University college and departmental awards were given. For information about the awards banquet or student awardees, contact Carleen Dinello, assistant director of academic affairs and senior instructor in reading and English, at cjd9@psu.edu or 724-773-3824.